[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2083 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2083

 To prohibit the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to the Goshute Indian 
                          reservation in Utah.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 1997

   Mr. Cook introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to the Goshute Indian 
                          reservation in Utah.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHIPMENT OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.

    (a) In General.--A shipment of spent nuclear fuel in interstate 
commerce to the Goshute Indian reservation in Utah shall be considered 
a shipment of a hazardous material in violation of the requirements of 
chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, and a person who makes such 
a shipment shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by sections 
5123 and 5124 of such title.
    (b) Penalties.--For purposes of chapter 51 of title 49, United 
States Code--
            (1) each day a shipment described in subsection (a) is made 
        shall be considered a separate violation of such chapter;
            (2) each cask of spent nuclear fuel contained in such 
        shipment shall be considered a separate violation of such 
        chapter; and
            (3) a civil penalty of $25,000 under section 5123 of such 
        title shall be set for each violation described in this 
        section.
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